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Hermeneutical injustice and unworlding in Psychopathology

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ID21591743
AuthorsLucienne Spencer (0000-0002-4929-5300, Institute of Mental Health, University of Birmingham, U.K, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume36
Issue7
Pages1300-1325
Publication date2023-10-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09515089.2023.2166821
PMID38013682
OpenAlexW4317696697
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited37

The rich literature in phenomenological psychopathology regards the communicative difficulties accompanying psychiatric illness as a product of 'unworlding': the experience of a drastic change in one's habitual field of experience. This paper argues that the relationship between speech expression and unworlding in psychiatric illness is more complex than previously assumed. Not only does unworlding cause a breakdown in speech expression, but a breakdown in speech expression can perpetuate, and even exacerbate, the experience of unworlding characteristic of psychiatric illness. In other words, I identify a two-way relationship between unworlding and the communication breakdown in psychiatric illness. Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of speech expression is drawn upon to demonstrate how hermeneutical injustice in psychiatric healthcare can elicit unworlding for the person with a psychiatric illness

Epistemology · Injustice · Mental health · Mental illness · Psychiatry · Psychopathology · Psychotherapist · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works12
Citations per year6
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
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